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Well, I do it a lot. I do consulting in IT security and go through the onboarding process of a different company 15 times a year. My customers and co-workers are often security conscious and sometimes give me passwords like RC-A"c\EJe,0l@q. I prefer the US layout but live in Germany, so there is often a mismatch between my physical keyboard and the system I'm typing on, which causes me great frustration. Typing in the LUKS password of a VMware machine via vSphere web console does not allow copy/paste, neither does logging in to a physical device provided by the customer.

I realize I'm far from a typical use case, which is why I'm so glad when people consider password ergonomics. It makes life easier for me and does not make it harder for anyone else.

parent mr_mitm 2 years ago

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